215, Lot: 254. Estimate $100. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Marathos. 199/8-169/8 BC. Æ 20mm (7.47 g, 1h). Dated Year 91 (169/8 BC). Laureate and draped bust of Ptolemy VI as Hermes right, kerykeion over shoulder / Marathos standing left, leaning on column and holding aphlaston; date to left. Duyrat, Ateliers 263; SNG Copenhagen 161 var. (date); BMC 23. Good VF. Well centered. Good portrait.

Normally rendered from largest to smallest and from right to left, the date on this issue differs slightly in that ‘–’ (representing 10) comes before ‘N’ (representing 20), rather than after.